Posts Tagged ‘shoulder’
8/5/10 – New Workout, Now with Modified Lunges
Melissa listened when I told her I needed some help on this. She responded with some modified lunges and new stretches. Like I’ve said before, she is awesome!
I am also having right shoulder issues at present (I clench my jaw, and it goes right down my neck into my right shoulder to create knots and inhibit shoulder muscle firing). It turns out she is awesome at shoulder rehab, too! So, my workouts did not get easier, but they are certainly better for me!
I can now do 12 floor push-ups! Woohoo!
I am feeling stronger and stronger.
8/3/10 – Workout #3 with Lunges = TIGHT QUADS!!!
On Tuesday, I completed the third workout with lunges as well as my physical therapy foot strengthening.
On that day my quads were killing me! It felt like I was tearing the top layer of muscles on the front of my thigh. During the first set of lunges, I thought, “It will go away as I warm up.” However, it did not.
The second set of lunges was truly excruciating, and the third set I cut short because I couldn’t take it.
I stretched my quads as much as I could b/c the pain was quite high.
I was also experiencing some trouble with my right shoulder. The nerve running from the shoulder to the elbow was inflamed. Every time I did the tricep exercise, I had to grit my teeth as my elbow hurt! I knew it wasn’t muscle, though, b/c it hurt when I wasn’t doing the exercise.
Despite all of this my left foot was doing really great! I did all of my foot strengthening exercises with zero pain!!! It was fantastic! 🙂
But, I still could not wait until Wednesday to see my chiropractor and massage therapist!!!